Close

This site uses cookies. No personal data is stored. You can read how we use them in our cookies policy. Continuing on this site accepts their use. Thankyou.

Viewing swaag.org website implies consent to set cookies on your computer. Full details Swaledale and Arkengarthdale Archaeology Group
Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number 1155775
SWAAG Honorary President:
Tim Laurie F,S,A,

Another Search

Scroll Down the Record
 *****SWAAG_ID***** 185
 Date Entered 08/05/2011
 Updated on 08/05/2011
 Recorded by Tim Laurie
 Category Flower / Plant Record
 Record Type Botanical HER
 SWAAG Site Name 
 Site Type 
 Site Name 
 Site Description 
 Site Access Public Access Land
 Record Date 07/05/2011
 Location Preston Moor
 Civil Parish Preston Under Scar
 Brit. National Grid Hidden
 Altitude 360m
 Geology Lead Mining Ground over Main Limestone.
 Record Name Thrift or Sea Pink, Armeria maritima. Montane location.
 Record Description The distribution of Thrift or Sea Pink in the British Isles is of especial interest in that this very familiar plant grows on sea cliffs and in turf in the estuaries all around the coasts of Britain. However what may not be generally known, this plant also grows on the very summits of the highest mountains of Britain, and thrift has been recorded elsewhere in Wensleydale. Armeria maritima (Thrift)in its montane form has, together with Silene maritima (Sea campion) and Plantago maritima (Sea plantain), been recognised in deposits of Full Glacial Age at many sites in Britain and the montane form of Thrift can be regarded as having been present among the earliest colonising tundra vegetation of Britain both during and at the end of the Ice Age. References: Sir Harry Godwin, 1956 'History of the British Flora'. John Raven and Max Walters, 1956 'Mountain Flowers'. Collins,New Naturalist Series.
 Dimensions 
 Geographical area 
 Species 
 Scientific Name 
 Common / Notable Species 
 Tree and / or Stem Girth 
 Tree: Position / Form / Status 
 Tree Site ID 0
 Associated Site SWAAG ID 0
 Additional Notes 
 Image 1 ID 635         Click image to enlarge
 Image 1 Description Thrift, Armeria maritima. In bud, Preston Moor. 07 May 2011.
PREV 20PREV 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 NEXTNEXT 20
Another Search